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Jur. rendre la justice; infliger une peine/une sanctionEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to mete out justice
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A n1 ( agreement) gen accord m ; (in commerce, finance) affaire f ; (with friend, criminal) marché m ; the pay/OPEC deal l'accord salarial/de l'OPEC ; to make ou strike a deal with sb gen passer un accord avec qn ; ( in business) conclure une affaire avec qn ; to do a deal with faire un marché avec [friend, kidnapper, criminal] ; négocier une affaire avec [client, company] ; to do a deal ( in business) conclure une affaire ; (with friend, colleague) s'arranger ; ( with criminal) faire un marché ; to pull off a deal mener à bien une affaire ; it's a deal! marché conclu! ; the deal's off le marché est rompu ; it's no deal! pas question! ; a good deal une bonne affaire ; to get the best of a deal se tirer au mieux d'une affaire ; it's all part of the deal ( part of the arrangement) ça fait partie du marché ; (part of the price, package) c'est inclus dans le reste ; to be in on the deal être dans le coup ○ ;2 ( sale) vente f ; cash/credit deal vente au comptant/à crédit ; property/arms deal vente immobilière/d'armes ;3 (special offer, bargain) for the best deal(s) in ou on electrical goods come to Electrotech pour les meilleurs prix or les prix les plus bas en électroménager venez à Electrotech ; I got a good deal on a used Fiat j'ai fait une bonne affaire en achetant une Fiat d'occasion ;4 ( amount) a great ou good deal beaucoup (of de) ; he's a good deal older than me il est beaucoup plus âgé que moi ; they have a great deal in common ils ont beaucoup de choses en commun ; she travels a great deal elle voyage beaucoup ; she means a great deal to me je l'aime beaucoup ; this job means a great deal to me ce travail est très important pour moi ;5 ( treatment) to get a good/bad deal (from sb) être bien/mal traité (par qn) ; to give sb a fair deal agir loyalement envers qn ; he got a raw ou rotten deal il n'a vraiment pas eu de chance ;7 ( timber) bois m blanc.1 gen to deal a blow to sb/sth ou to deal sb/sth a blow lit, fig porter un coup à qn/qch (with avec) ;C vi ( prét, pp dealt) Comm, Fin ( carry on business) [person, firm] être en activité ; ( operate on stock exchange) faire des opérations boursières ; to deal in être dans le commerce de [commodity, product, shares] ; we deal in software nous sommes dans le commerce des logiciels ; we don't deal in blackmail fig le chantage n'est pas notre affaire.big deal ○ ! iron la belle affaire! iron ; it's no big deal ○ ( modestly) il n'y a pas de quoi en faire un plat ○ ; if I lose it's no big deal ○ si je perds ce n'est pas dramatique ; to make a big deal out of sth faire tout un plat ○ de qch.■ deal out:▶ deal out [sth], deal [sth] out1 ( distribute) distribuer [money, profit, cards] ;2 ( mete out) administrer [punishment, fine].■ deal with:▶ deal with [sth]1 ( sort out) s'occuper de [complaint, emergency, matter, request, situation, work] ; faire face à [social problem] ; leave it to James, he'll deal with it laisse ça à James, il s'en occupera ; new measures to deal with vandalism de nouvelles mesures pour faire face au vandalisme ;2 (consider, discuss) traiter de [topic, question, issue] ;▶ deal with [sb]1 (attend to, handle) s'occuper de [client, customer, patient, public, troublemaker] ; she's a difficult person to deal with elle est difficile (à vivre), elle n'est pas commode ; he did not deal fairly with us il n'a pas été correct avec nous ;2 ( do business with) traiter avec [person, company, terrorist organization] ; [supplier] vendre à [public] ; [customer] se fournir chez [stockist].
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